Back when editing was much more difficult and expensive, planning was…an absolute necessity.…Now that we can all edit on our laptops with programs like Premiere Elements,…sometimes the planning step gets thrown right out the window, and editors like to…dive right into the footage in the editing program.…I actually think that this is a big mistake.…I also think that many of the traditional steps like planning your edit really…help to have a smooth and effective workflow.…If you remember that list of bites that we made, that's absolutely going to…become one of the main ingredients to this planning process.…

From the list of all the bites, I'm going to start to refine by eliminating some…that I just don't think I'm going to use in the piece.…I'm also going make a similar list of those main types of B-roll that I organized.…Again, this might be taking place on a piece of notebook paper or on a big…white-board or really any method that works for you.…The final step is to place these types of shots in relation to each other and…

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3/15/2012

This course shows beginning filmmakers how to make a short documentary from footage they have already shot, and walks them from the editing process in Adobe Premiere Elements through uploading a finished movie to platforms like Vimeo or YouTube. Author and producer Jason Osder explains how the footage was shot along the way, illuminating why particular angles were chosen and how the subject matter influences the editing process. The course also covers trimming, editing to music, and adding a title and graphics, and the final chapters result in a polished, color-corrected movie with properly mixed dialog and music.